<p>People are often blind to “safety concerns” when it comes to young men. Really, young men are the most likely to be involved in a violent incident (though they make up a much much smaller portion of reported sexual violence, they make up a much much higher version of other kinds of violent crime victims). A lot of time this is because young women are bombarded from a young age with safety messages. Don’t walk alone, especially at night. Don’t talk to strangers, especially strange men. Don’t get drunk. If you do get drunk, do it with friends. The world is dangerous, so be careful. On and on and on. Boys often don’t get these messages, or if they do, they get them to a much lesser degree. So they get drunk and get into fights and do permanent damage. They walk home alone in the dark and get mugged or become victims of violent crime. People don’t see guys as vulnerable, but personal safety on campus is definitely not an issue that woman should consider more than a man, they should both be concerned equally and prepared equally. Because while you may thing young women are more at risk, the truth is, they aren’t.</p>
<p>I guess one difference is that for women, the choice between a coed and a single-sex college is a viable one, whereas the choice hardly exists for men. (What’s the best all-male college–not counting Deep Springs–maybe Hamden-Sydney? How many are there, anyway?)</p>
<p>AD, I would think about things like the prominence of alcohol in the social scene. There are far more unwanted advances at a co-ed school than there are at a women’s college and “No” is less likely to be respected. N.B., not a reason to go to a women’s college imo, but a side benefit.</p>
<p>I think women, statistically, take better advantage of discussion-centered classes than the sit-back-in-the-large-lecture-hall-and-listen classes.</p>
<p>Clean bathrooms. Another difference with women’s colleges, again, a side benefit, but something I’ve seen remarked upon numerous times.</p>